the blog?

the blog is Ace of Spades

I mean National Review

I don't know

Considering the grudge Ace has with them, they might have been Never Trumpers

National Review has a mix at this point. You're probably thinking of Weekly Standard, which was Bill Kristol's magazine and is now dead.

Anyways, the article I posted was positing the reason that the Covington story got as far as it did was a lack of ideological balance in the newsrooms.

I don't think it's a solution on it's own (since the balance of power tends to not be done too well), but it's an interesting point.

@mikeflarkin If the election was today, who would you vote for?

or would you still not vote?

Trump, in a heartbeat.

Cool

I voted for Trump because I figured even if he wouldn't or couldn't get it done, at least he was talking about the things we wanted like the wall and ending the shitty trade deals.

Re: Tim's video title question: I don't see any reason why, should a draft exist, anyone of fighting age without a disqualifying physical or mental disability should be excluded. Given that the military has a plethora of positions to fill, not all of them direct combat roles, what's the excuse?

The draft should not exist.

Being an involuntary memeber of the armed forces should be a disqualifying mental disability.

I would agree that a draft should not exist, I'm just asking for consistency

Its ok to be an Individual

nein

Group identity gang

Its great being Me

It is the right of the state to mobilize the individuals within it for defense and the good of the nation.

Truth.

And hey, They fucking wanted equality.

Give it to em.

My great grandfather was a WWII Vet.

Farmer turned into draftee.

>right of the state

I could literally use that for everything else

I just realized something. Didn't Obama cause a shutdown to get funding for Obamacare?

But yeah, I agree that there should never be a Draft.

I would only say a draft would be needed in desperate times.

Like, if america would be invaded a call to arms.

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I think the US should not only have the draft but a two year mandatory service as well. It should be noted that the only people who would be fighting overseas have to opt-in and everyone else would stay on US soil. It would solve a lot of societal issues we are currently facing.

There was a plan that always shut up feminists: 1 year mandatory service in Non-combat support battalions. 365 days after boot camp to do grunt work. Everyone serves no exceptions. After that, you can go to college, you can get out, or you can re-enlist as a regular. 1 years only serve state side and failure to complete the service means you can not go to college or vote.

The really nice thing about the military is that it does a great job at reversing years of bad parenting. We have entire generations of kids/young adults who have never had an authority figure in their lives and conscription would give them a hard dose of reality.

draft shouldn't be acceptable in the 21st century imo.

Also in the event of a total war with the russians and china will just in a MAD situation more than anything

It's not like afghanistan or iraq where they don't have an arsenal of nuclear weapons

Also basics was the worst.